Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 01:50:12 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: date(1) and -v-1m Message-ID: <200001040150.BAA03280@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> of "Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:08:29 %2B0100." <19991231150829.A28634@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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> Hello! > > The behaviour of date(1) is probably specified by POSIX, but I think, > date -v-1m should at least return a date a month _before_ the current > month. > > Example: > Mi 1 Dez 1999 15:06:47 CET > > (Dez. has 31, so it should be Nov 30, I think). > > More confusing is something like: > alex:~ $ date -v-1m +%Y-%m > 1999-12 > > what I wanted to use to create backup folders for my mail-system (all > mails of the last month are moved to a folder of the last month). > > That's weird, somehow. > > Is this a bug or a feature? > Is this POSIX-compilant? It's an arbitrary choice I made when I wrote the code :-I It's not POSIX I'm afraid. > Do we want an additional option? (I want :-)) I certainly wouldn't object to -V doing the same as -v but rounding down.... this could also decide how to behave when a -v adjusts the time onto a non-existent time (say 1:30 when the clocks go forward). > Alex > > -- > I doubt, therefore I might be. I'm pink, therefore I'm spam. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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